Pittsburgh played with heart last night against the Baltimore Ravens, but heart alone does not win the fiercest rivalry in football. Skill helps. The Steelers simply did not exhibit enough playmaking ability to even the AFC North battle. Instead, Pittsburgh(6-4) drops two games behind Baltimore (8-2) after falling short in a 13-10 defeat.
Who would have guessed that the only offensive tou...

It was clear when Ben Roethlisberger left the Heinz Field playing surface on Monday night that the injury was more severe than at first glance. Big Ben has a sprain to his right sternoclavicular joint, which connects the collarbone to the breastbone. The larger concern is what Ben labeled a “dislocated rib.” According to Roethlisberger, “That's the scary part because I guess if it...

Sometimes the result of the game is overshadowed by circumstances. That was certainly true Monday night when the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-3) squeaked by the Kansas City Chiefs (1-8) with a 16-13 overtime victory. The big story, of course, is Ben Roethlisberger’s shoulder injury. Roethlisberger and his very pregnant wife left the stadium to go to a local hospital for an MRI after initial t...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will play host to their first Monday Night football game in over four years as they welcome the Kansas City Chiefs to Heinz Field. Pittsburgh's resurgence in the AFC North race took another step forward last week when they went on the road and defeated the New York Giants. Kansas City has not fared so well this season despite many experts believing that the Chiefs ha...

A lot of folks make day business trips to New York City. The Pittsburgh Steelers had a tight agenda in their brief visit to the greater New York area – and, it resulted in a very successful day at the office. A ten-point fourth quarter deficit was followed by two Steeler touchdowns to snatch a 24-20 victory from the jaws of defeat.
Both the Giants and Steelers took a while to feel out...

The New York Giants have done just enough to win in recent weeks – first, coming back to defeat Washington with a last-minute bomb from Eli Manning to Victor Cruz. This past week, the Giants made Tony Romo look more like Babe Laufenberg for a half. Then, Romo more closely resembled Roger Staubach while leading Dallas to a near-miracle comeback if not for Dez Bryant's fingers touching ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers scored at will in the first half to run out to a lead they would not relinquish against the Washington Redskins. Pittsburgh notched an important 27-12 victory to raise its record to 4-3, within one game of AFC North division leader Baltimore Ravens.
It was an increasingly soggy day as a light misty rain fell throughout the game. This may have had an effect on Washingt...

The Pittsburgh Steelers had a dominant second half performance against the Cincinnati Bengals last week. The question becomes – will we see this continue when they face the Washington Redskins at Heinz Field? The opponents could not be any different. Cincinnati features a west coast styled passing game (getting the ball out quickly), a power running game, with an amazing weapon at w...

The sky is not falling, Steeler Nation. Pittsburgh can win outside of the Keystone State. The “must-win” challenge was before the Steelers, and despite some tribulations in the first half, they scored a huge road divisional 24-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. After watching the Baltimore Ravens get dismantled by the Houston Texans, there is now hope in the battle for the AFC No...

The Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves in the precarious position of facing a “must win” situation in week 7 when they visit the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night. The problem is that the Bengals feel similarly because of back-to-back losses at home versus the Dolphins, followed by a bad loss at Cleveland against the previously winless Browns. Head coach Marvin Lewis intimated...

One team played as if they had nothing to lose. Another team played as if they just needed one play to get the knockout punch. And, when it was time to make that one play, the Steelers never delivered. Tennessee capitalized on each opportunity, culminating with Rob Bironas’ game-winning 40-yard field goal as time expired to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 26-23.
There were plays that ch...

Pittsburgh is heading to Nashville for a Thursday night prime time contest against the Tennessee Titans. Pittsburgh and Tennessee used to be divisional foes when the Titans were the Houston Oilers, but now they play less often and this is no longer considered a rivalry game. The Steelers have an all-time mark of 41-29 against the Titans franchise (34-19 vs. Houston, but only 7-10 since the m...